Daily News (Sri Lanka)

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Daily News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
EditorLalith Allahakkoon
Founded1918 (1918)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters35, D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
Circulation88,000
Sister newspapersSunday Observer
Dinamina
Silumina
Thinakaran
Websitedailynews.lk

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is now published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing on 3 January 1918.[1] D. R. Wijewardena was its founder.

The present-day newspaper is written as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color and black and white. Weekday printings include the main section, containing news on national affairs, international affairs, business, political analysis, sports, editorials and opinions. Every Thursday issue a free supplement in a tabloid paper called "Wisdom". In addition, the Daily News also provides The Sri Lanka Gazette as a supplement on every Friday. The current editor-in-chief of the daily news is Lalith Allahakkoon.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Newspapers in Ceylon". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

External links

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